Smoke Signals

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Essays on power, culture, memory, and the country weโ€™re becoming.
Politics, history, and music written with spine, not slogans.

For readers who want context instead of outrage and arguments instead of noise.

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About Mark McInerney

Mark McInerney is a composer, writer, and former Wall Street healthcare analyst whose work blends music, politics, and moral inquiry. His Substack, Smoke Signals, fuses sharp analysis with lyrical force โ€” a dispatch for those still watching the sky.

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